Improvement in churns



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JOI-IN E. FINLEY, OFy MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE'.

lLetters Patent No. 89,645, dated May 4,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-and making part of the name.

Be it known that I, JOHN E. FrNLnY, of Memphis, county of Shelby, and State of Tennessee, have iuvented a new and useful Improvement in Churus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this speciiication, in Which- Figure l is a vertical section.

Figure 2, is a perspective view of 1the frames or .dashers f B, large cog, or drive-wheel.

D and C, small cog-wheels.

P, frame supporting cog-wheels B, D, and C.

O, lid.

V, churn.

E, rod. v

F, thimble, or tube.

a, washer.

d, nut.

In, outside frame.

fm, inside frame.

c and s, pivots.

I construct my churn V in a square, or round form.

To the lid O I attach the frame, or castings P, whiclrsuppoit the cog-wheels, B, D, and C.

To the cog-wheel D I attach the rod E, which passes through the cog-wheel C, and thimble, or tube F, and frame n, into the frame m, the frame m resting upon the pivot o.

I alsolattach the thimble, or tube F, to the cogwheels U, aud secure the tube, or thimble F,`to the top of the frame n, while the frame u rests upon the pivot s in the bottom of the churn V, while both frames, n and m, are held in position by means of the nut d, and pivots s and e, while the head of the cogwheel G rests against the cross-bar of the frame P, thus holding the frames in position; the whole being so constructedthat when the large cog-wheel is caused to revolve by turning of the crank, the small cogwheels D and C, with the rod E, and tube, or thimble F, with the frames m and n, will revolve in counter or opposite directions.

I also arrange my frames n. and m in such a manner, that by removing the nut d, and washer a, the frames n and rm will be easily separated for the purpose of cleansing, and at the same time, permitting the frames n and tm to be disengagedyfrom the rod F, and tube,

or thimble F, thus allowing every part to be easily cleansed, or taken apart when desired.

My invention consists in the combination of devices hereinafter claimed.

l. I claim the combination of frames m and n, constructed with notches, and arranged as described.

' 2. I claim the combination of the frames 'n and lm, with the frame, or casting P, cog-wheels B, D, and C, rod E, tube, or thimble F, nut d, and pivots e and s, the whole constructed and arranged substantially as described, and for the purpose herein set forth.

Y JOHN E. FINLEY. Witnesses:

PERRY FINLEY, S. G. DODGE. 

